Flamingo book MCQ’S

Chapter 1 The Last lesson

Q1 - `Who is the author of The Last Lesson?
A) Jane Austen
B) Rabindra Nath Tagore
C) None
D) Alphonse Daudet

Q2- Alphonse Daudet was from which country?

A) India
B) France
C) England
D) New Zealand

Q3- The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?
A) Male Chauvinism
B) Procastination
C) Courage
D) Cowardice

Q4 - What were the things being taken for granted by the people of
Alsace?
A) Teachers of the school
B) Time and school
C) People around
D) Money and power

Q5 - What does The Last Lesson symbolize?

A) Loss
B) Loss of freedom
C) Loss of language
D) Loss of language and freedom

Q6 - What does The Last Lesson signify?

A) Change of power
B) change of Government
C) change in life
D) Change of teachers

Q7- What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?

A) The Dawn of Prussia in defeat of French people
B) The defeat of Prussia
C) The victory of French
D) None of these

Q 8-From where did the orders come to teach only German in the
districts of Alsace and Lorraine?
A) France
B) Lorraine
C)Berlin
D) Germany

Q9- What do the effects this story speaks about?

A) Power
B)Money
C)Transition
D) people

Q10- Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?

A) wanted to enjoy warm Sunlight
B) wanted to see soldiers drill
C) wanted to enjoy outdoor
D) lesson on participles was not prepared

Q11- What did Franz find on reaching the school?

A) People were dancing
B) strange people
C) Police patrolling
D) strange quiteness

Q12- Who occupied the back benches in the class?

A) weak students
B) teachers
C) monitors of the class
D) village elders

Q13- Why was Franz surprised?

A) Because of village elders
B) Because of police patrolling
C) because of students' behavior
D) because of M.Hamel's kind and polite behaviour

Q14- Why was Franz feeling regretful and sad?

A) for reaching late
B) for not learning participles
C) for change of the Government
D) for not learning his mother tongue

Q15- Whom did M.Hamel blame for not sending students to school?
A) Parents
B) friends
C) teachers
D) watchman

Q16- What did Hauser bring?

A) sweets
B) children
C) friends
D) old Primer

Q17- What made Franz forget M.Hamel's ruler and crankiness?

A) Police Patrolling
B) Strange Quietness
C) Bustle on the streets
D) The idea of his going away

Q18- For how many years did M. Hamel serve the school?
A) 20 years
B) 35 years
C) 30 years
D) 40 years

Q19- Where did the parents send their children?

A) school
B) coaching
C) farms and mills
D) movies
Q20- Why were the parents sending their children to the farms and
mills?
A) to play
B) to meet friends
C) to meet relatives
D) to earn money

Q21-Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?

A) to complain
B) to say goodbye
C) to gossip
D) to show gratitude

Q22- Why did Mr. M. Hamel call the French language the most
beautiful?
A) Because it was the clearest and logical
B) Because it was his native language
C) Becayse people were from France
D) None of these

Q23- What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that

day?
A) song
B) dance
C) essay writing
D) Participles

Q24- When people are enslaved, what key do they have to the
prison, according to M.Hamel?
A) their behaviour
B) power
C) aggressiveness
D) mother tongue

Q25- What did Franz notice that was unusual that day?
A) strange quiteness
B) soldiers in the school
C) crowd
D) all of these

Q26- What had been put up on the Bulletin Board that day?
A) Teach only French
B) Speak only English
C) Teach only German
D) Teach all these

Q27- What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that
day?
A) hustle-bustle
B) people were happy
C) teachers were sad
D) strange quiteness and sadness

Q28- What changed Franz's feelings about M.Hamel and school?

A) Police Patrolling
B) Orders from Berlin
C) Strict words from M. Hamel
D) old Primer

Q29- What made Franz and people realize about the preciousness
of their mother tongue?
A) M. Hamel's words
B) School orders
C) Sudden orders from Berlin
D) School Principal

Q30- Expression 'Thunder Clap" in the lesson means _______.

A) loud but not clear
B) loud and clear
C) startling and unexpected
D) unpleasant

Q31- What did Mr. Hamel bring for his class on his last day in the
school?
A) new pens
B) new notebooks
C) sweets
D) story books

Q32 "The Last Lesson" story was written in which year?

A) 1869 - 1870
B) 1870 - 1871
C) 1872- 1873
D) 1870 - 1872

Q33- Don't go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time
means ___
A) getting late
B) very early
C) not early
D) early enough
Q34- What was there in front of the Bulletin Board?
A) children
B) police
C) hawkers
D) a crowd

Q35- What bad news used to come from the Bulletin Board?
A) lost battles
B) the draft
C) orders of commanding officers
D) All three

Q36- What did Franz find on reaching the school?

A) scoldings
B) shouting children
C) noise
D) strange quiteness

Q37- what does the expression "in great dread of scolding" mean?
A) scared of scolding
B) very badly scared of scolding
C) in the pursuit of
D) None of these

Q38- Why Franz was shocked to see M. Hamel?

A) Because of his casual dress
B) because he gave sweets
C) because he had a flower in his hand
D) all
Q 39- What attitude of M.Hamel surprised Franz?
A) soft and kind
B) rude
C) firm and strict
D) all

Q40- Who was M.Hamel?

A) a spy
B) language teacher
C) soldier
D) School Principal

ANSWER KEY

1 D 11 D 21 D 31 B

2 B 12 D 22 A 32 B

3 B 13 D 23 D 33 D

4 B 14 D 24 D 34 D

5 D 15 A 25 A 35 C

6 D 16 D 26 C 36 D

7 B 17 D 27 D 37 B

8 B 18 D 28 B 38 A

9 C 19 C 29 C 39 A

10 D 20 D 30 C 40 B
Chapter 2 Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood

Q1- Who is the author of Lost Spring?

A) James Bond
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Sudha Murthy
D) Anees Jung

Q2- This story is an excerpt from which book of the author?

A) Lost Spring - Stories of stolen childhood
B) Unveiling India
C) Breaking the Silence
D) The Song of India

Q3- What does the author analyze in the story?

A)Rich people
B) garbage
C) Poor children and their exploitation
D) her works

Q4- What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?

A) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
B) garbage
C) Saheb and Mukesh
D) Spring Season

Q5- What forces the children to live a life of exploitation?

A) greed
B) Extreme Poverty
C) peers
D) parents

Q6- According to the author what was garbage for the parents?
A) Means of entertainment
B) means of joy
C) Means of sorrow
D) Means of survival

Q7- According to the author what was garbage for the children ?
A) Means of entertainment
B) Means of timepass
C) Means of playing
D) a wonder

Q8- Who was Saheb?

A) a shopkeeper
B) a servant
C) a ragpicker
D) all

Q9- What was Saheb looking for?

A) eggs
B)gold
C)coins
D) toys

Q10- Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall?

A) yes
B) yes, he earns money
C) no earning
D) no, earning but no freedom

Q11- Why did Saheb E Alam not go to school?

A) not interested
B) no bucks to pay fees
C) wants to go for movie
D) wants to earn

Q12- What is the meaning of Saheb E Alam?

A) Owner
B) Rich man
C) Poor man
D) Lord of the Universe

Q13- Where was Saheb employed?

A) at a tea stall in Seemapuri
B) at a saree shop
C) at a jewellery shop
D) at a sweet shop

Q14- Why is author calling garbage as 'gold' in the story?

A) Because of jewels in it
B) Because of gems in it
C) because of gold in it
D) Because of its encashment

Q15- What do the boys appear like to the author in the story?
A) Morning crows
B) Evening crows
C) Morning birds
D) Evening Birds

Q16- Name the birth place of the author.

U.S.A
Callifornia
Kochi
Rourkela

Q17- What does the title 'Lost Spring' symbolise?

A) lost blooming childhood
B) autumn season
C) lost money
D) lost age

Q18- Saheb hailed from which place?

A) Delhi
B) Seemapuri
C) Greenfields of Dhaka
D) None

Q19- Why did Saheb go through garbage dumps?

A) to find silver coin
B) a rupee
C) a ten rupee note
D) all these

Q20- Why did Saheb leave his house?

A) Because storm swept away his house and field
B) to enjoy a life of leisure
C) to find friends
D) to go to college

Q21- What forced Saheb to be a ragpicker?

A) hard work
B) Destiny
C) People arpund him
D) Acute poverty

Q22- Where is Seemapuri?

A) In Noida
B) South Delhi
C) North Delhi
D) East Delhi

Q23- Why did Saheb leave Dhaka?

A) Because of lack of resources
B) Because of lack of enough food
C) Because of friends
D) Because of parents

Q24- Who are responsible for the poor condition of bangle makers in
Firozabad?
A) Parents
B) Society
C) Bureaucrats
D) All
Q25- What efforts can help Mukesh materialise his dream of
becoming a car driver?
A) Hard work
B) going to garage
C) guidance of his owner
D) all these

Q26- What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry?
A) Poor health
B) impaired vision
C) miserable life
D) All of these

Q27- Who employs the local families of Firozabad?

A) Bureaucrats
B) Merchants
C) Politicians
D) The glass blowing industry

Q28- What is the function of glass blowing industry?

A) to make windows
B) to make doors
C) to mould glass
D) to mould glass and make colorful bangles

Q29- What makes the working condition of the children worst in the
glass industry?
A) Dark dingy cells without light and air
B) dazzling and sparking of welding light
C) high temprature
D) All these
Q30- What excuse do the rag pickers give for not wearing chappals?
A) mothers don't give
B) no interest
C) a tradition
D) All these

31- Who is Mukesh?

A) student
B) worker
C) ragpicker
D) ragpicker

Q32- What are the reasons for the migration of people from villages
to city in the lesson?
A) Sweeping of houses and fields by storms
B) poverty
C) education and unemployment
D) safety

Q33- What compels the workers in bangle industry of Firozabad to

poverty?
A) cast and ancestral profession
B) Karam theory and society
C) Bureaucrats and politicians
D) All these

Q34- The city of Firozabad is famous for what?

A) For casteism
B) For ragpickers
C) for poverty
D) for bangles

Q35- Firozabad is the centre of which industry?

A) cotton industry
B) furniture industry
C) textile industry
D) glassblowing industry

Q36-How is Mukesh's attitude different from that of his family?

A) being daring, firm and clear
B) being a fighter
C) being a coward
D) not clear

Q37- What is the means of survival in Seemapuri?

A) work
B) merchandising
C) education
D) ragpicking

Q38- What is the metaphorical symbol of Seemapuri in the lesson?

A) poverty
B) exploitation
C) enjoyment
D) a little hell

Q39- What is Mukesh's dream?

A) to be a doctor
B) to be a merchant
C) to be a rogue
D) to be a motor- mechanic

Q40- What change did Anees Jung see in Saheb when she saw him
standing by the gate of the neighbourhood club?
A) as if lost freedom
B) lost ownership
C) lost joy
D) all these

ANSWER KEY

1 D 11 B 21 D 31 D

2 A 12 D 22 D 32 A

3 C 13 A 23 B 33 D

4 A 14 D 24 D 34 D

5 B 15 C 25 D 35 D

6 D 16 D 26 D 36 A

7 D 17 A 27 D 37 D

8 C 18 C 28 D 38 D

9 B 19 D 29 D 39 D

10 D 20 A 30 D 40 D
Chapter 3 Deep Water

Q1- Who is the author of Deep Water?

A) William Shakespeare
B) William George Bernard Shaw
C) William Wordsworth
D) William Douglas

Q2- In which subject has the author been graduated?

A) English and History
B) English and Science
C) Science and Social studies
D) English and Economics
Q3- For how many years had the author taught in high school in
Yokima?
A) 2 years
B) 4 years
C) 3 years
D) 5 years

Q4- After the author was fed up with teaching , he decided to opt for
which career?
A) medical
B) gardening
C) engineering
D) a legal career

Q5- What is the story Deep Water speaking about?

A) fear of water and the way to overcome it
B) fear of people
C) fear of dogs
D) fear of swimming

Q6- How did the author's fear vanish?

A) with courage, guidance and determination
B) with care
C) wth mother's words
D) with guidance

Q7- Y.M.C.A stands for?

A) Young Men's Christian Authority
B) Young Men's Christopher Association
C) Young Men's Christian Army
D) Young Men's Christian Associa
Q8- Where is Yokima located?
A) US City Newzealand
B) US City in Callifornia
C) US City In Washington
D) None

Q9- Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the
story?
A) Washington
B) New Zealand
C) Callifornia
D) Canada

Q10- Why did he develop a fear of water?

A) Because of knocking down by waves at a beach
B) Because of a young boy
C) Because of instructor
D) Because of his mother

Q11- What is haunting the author?

A) Terrible experience in the pool
B) ghosts
C) his mother's words
D) a push by a young boy

Q12- How did the author learn swimming?

A) with the help of a rope
B) with the help of instructor
C) with the help of his mother
D) with the help of swimmimng instructor

Q13- What did William O Doughlas desire for?

A) visit to California
C) Visit to Washington
C) swimming
D) to be with his mother

Q14- What did the author realize while drowning in the pool?
A) Terror in fear of death
B) terror in swimming
C) terror of being pushed
D) none

Q15- What is the theme of the story Deep Water?

A) Victory in facing the fear
B) Being fearful
C) to learn swimmimg
D) All

Q16- Why has the author given an autobiographical note in Deep

Water?
A) Because of fear of swimming
B) People
C) swimmimg instructor
D) Because of fear of water

Q17- What does Deep water signify?

A) Beauty
B) Depth of Sea
C) Depth of ocean
D) Frantic

Q18- Who threw Douglas into the swimmimg pool?

A) A young 18 years old Bruiser
B) Instructor
C) mother
D) watchman

Q19- What was the Deep water fear in Douglas' mind?

A) To be defeated
B) To be pushed
C) Being drowned
D) None

Q20- What is the misadvantage that William Douglas speaks about?

A) being pushed into the pool
B) being sweeped by waves at a beach
C) being trained by the instructor
D) both A and B

Q21- What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas
experienced when he was thrown into the pool?
A) fear
B) confidence
C) overconfidence
D) mixed feelings of confidence and fear

Q22- What plans did he make to come to the surface of the pool?
A) trial to jump and push himself up
B) shouted
C) cried aloud
D) shouted help

Q23- How did this experience affect the author?

A) became fearful
B) confident
C) overconfident
D) became hydrophobic

Q24- What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of

drowning?
A) learnt swimmimg
B) love for swimming
C) swimmimng is not difficult
D) Face the fear

Q25- How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?

A) planning
B) with the help of ropes
C) by pushing him into the pool
D) with the help of ropes and belts

Q26- What plan did Douglas make to overcome his fear of water?
A) Planned to get an instructor
B) planned to swim more
C) planned to watch swimmers
D) planned to jump
Q27- What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool?
A) used his mind and pushed himself up
B) shouted aloud
C) called people
D) shouted help help

Q28- Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he
hoped to?
A) Because of fear of swimming
B) because of fear
C) because of inability to move
D) because of fear and inability to move

Q29- What was the impact of the pool incident?

A) developed fear
B) became confident
C) became overconfident
D) hydrophobia was revived

Q30- How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the
pool?
A) twice
B) once
C) five times
D) thrice

Q31- Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?

A) ugly looking legs
B) fat legs
C) because of skin color
D) because of skinny legs
Q32- Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn
swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool?
A) Because it was local
B) because it was safe
C) because it was shallow
D) because it was shallow and safe

Q33- Why did Douglas hire an instructor?

A) to be confident in swimming
B) to compete with others
C) to flaunt
D) to overcome his fear of water and learn swimming

Q34- How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?

A) by giving instructions
B) by pushing him into the pool
C) by making him watch others
D) wby using belts and ropes

Q35- Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
A) To know the waters of Casc
B) ato be a swimmer
C) to learn swimming
D) to win a medal

Q36- What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade?
A) memories of Washington
B) memories of California
C) instructions given by the instructor
D) memories full of terror in the pool

Q37- How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old
terror?
A) by visiting California
B) by jumping into the waters
C) by taking a lesson from the intructor
D) by swimming into the lake Wentworth

Q38- What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the

lake Wentworth?
A) 4 miles
B) 3 miles
C) 2 miles
D) 2 miles

Q39- Where was the lake Wentworth?

A) In New Hampshire
B) in Washington
C) in California
D) in Washington D.C

Q40- Why was the writer at first not much frightened when he was
thrown into the pool?
A) because of overconfidence
B) because of instructions
C) because of people around
D) because of confidence
ANSWER KEY

1 D 11 A 21 D 31 D

2 D 12 D 22 A 32 D

3 A 13 C 23 D 33 D

4 D 14 B 24 D 34 D

5 A 15 A 25 D 35 A

6 A 16 D 26 A 36 D

7 D 17 D 27 A 37 D

8 C 18 A 28 D 38 D

9 C 19 C 29 D 39 A

10 A 20 D 30 D 40 D
Chapter 4 The Rattrap

Q1- Who is the author of The Rattrap?

A) Selma Lagerlof
B) Thomas B. Allen
C) Howard Phillips
D) Sudha Murthy

Q2- Which country does the author belong to?

A) Singapore
B) Sydney
C) Sweden
D) Switzerland

Q3- Where has the story been set up?

A) Jewellery shops
B) Forests of Sweden
C) Roads of Sweden
D) Mines of Sweden

Q4- Sweden Mines are rich in which ore?

A) Brass
B) copper
C) steel
D) iron ore
Q5- In what manner has the story been narrated?
A ) non-fictious style
B) realistic manner
C) fictious fairy tale manner
D) none

Q6- What is the message of the story?

A) Love and kindness are powerful reformers.
B) Kindness is powerless
C) kindness encourages thieves
D) thieves need reprimand

Q7- This story revolves around whom?

A) around Crofter and his daughter
B) around crofter
C) around ironman
D) around peddler- the Rattrap seller

Q8- What does the rattrap seller have to do to make his both ends
meet?
A) Peddling
B) selling
C) begging
D) thievery and begging

Q9- Why does the peddler knit up various kind of thoughts?

A) because of greed
B) because of travelling
C) because of loneliness and poverty
D) none
Q10- In peddler's view, what does the world look like?
A) a rat
B) a jungle
C) a jigsaw
D) a Rattrap

Q11- According to the seller what leads us to various miseries?

A) attractions
B) people
C) friends
D) wishes and greed of comfort

Q12- Why did the peddler have to take shelter?

A) because of his wishes
B) because he wants to steal
C) because he wants to be with his friends
D) because he had no home

Q13- Who offered shelter to the Peddler?

A) a beggar
B) a friend
C) a milkman
D) An old Crofter

Q14- What made the Peddler finally change his ways?

A) Edla's beauty
B) His mistaken identity
C) his greed
D) kindness and care
Q15- What does the metaphor Rattrap in the lesson signify?
A) humans
B) thieves
C) attractions
D) Human greed and distractions

Q16- What lightens the seriousness of the lesson?

A) Peddlar's greed
B) Peddlar's gossip
C) Peddlar's tricks
D) Peddlar's sense of humour

Q17- What earns the sympathy of the reader towards the peddler?
A) his actions
B) his stories
C) his face
D) his sense of humour and innocent acceptance

Q18- From where did the Peddler get the idea of the world being a
Rattrap?
A) from his friends' situation
B) from Crofter's behavior
C) from Edla's words
D) from his circumstances and miserable life condition

Q19- Why was he amused by his idea of a rattrap?

A) it was a bad joke
B) it was a good comparison
C) it was the exact situation and was humorous
D) none
Q20- Why was the Crofter so talkative and friendly with the Peddler?
A) because he knew him.
B) he was his friend
C) he was his neighbourer
D) because of his resemblance to one of his old friend

Q21- Why did Elda bring the Peddler to her house for Christmas
cheer?
A) because she knew him
B) he was very funny
C) he was goodlooking
D) because of his resemblance to her father's old friend

Q22 -Why did the Peddler leave the stolen money in a Rattrap?
A) Because of his plan
B) to deceive them
C) because of fear of Iron master
D) none

Q23- How is the Peddler influenced by meeting the Crofter and

Edla?
A) he was encouraged to steal money
B) he became a rattrap seller
C) his heart was changed
D) none

Q24- What doubts did Edla have about Peddler?

A) his behavior
B) his words
C) his fear and appearance
D) none
Q25- Why did Peddler not reveal his true identity?
A) because of fear
B) he didn't want to hurt them
C) in the greed of getting money
D) none

Q26- Why did the Peddler feel that he had fallen into the Rattrap?
A) because he fell into a pit
B) because he fell in love with Edla
C) because his heart is changed
D) because of his greedy action and pitiable circumstances

Q27-Why did Crofter show 30 Kronor to the Peddler?

A) to boast
B) to flaunt
C) because he considers him a friend
D) to share his feelings of pride

Q28- Why did the Peddler have to resort to begging and thievery?
A) poverty
B) miserable life
C) because of non-profiatability of his business
D) none

Q29- Who used to make rattraps?

A) Crofter
B) Edla
C) Crofter and Edla
D) Pedlar
Q30- From where did the Pedlder get the material to make rattraps?
A) shops
B) roads
C) streets
D) stores

Q31- How did Crofter treat the Peddler?

A) very rudely
B) in a strange manner
C) friendly manner
D) none

Q32- Why did Peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle?

A) he didn't want to hurt them
B) because of love and care
C) because of mistaken identity
D) none

Q33- Why did iromaster realise his mistake?

A) because of Edla
B) because of pedlar's words
C) because of his friend
D) because of uncertain reflections and Edla

Q34- What made the Peddler finally change his heart?

A) Edla's words
B) Edla's appearance
C) Edla's father
D) Edla's goodness and care
Q35- What was the Peddler's profession and who he was?
A) selling, traveller
B) begging, traveller
C) stealing, thief
D) none

Q36- Why did the Peddler feel like stealing?

A) greed
B) poverty
C) miserable life
D) others' indifference to his needs

Q37- How did the Crofter tempt the Peddler to steal his money?
A) by his kindness
B) by his warm care
C) by showing him money
D) none

Q38- Why did the Peddler decline the invitation?

A) because he had stolen money
B) he wanted to run
C) he wanted to hide money
D) he wanted to go back to his place

Q39- How much money had the peddler stolen from Crofter?
A) 20 kronors
B) 10 kronors
C) 40 kronors
D) 30 kronors
Q40- Why did Edla plead her father not to send the Vagabond
away?
A) Because of his father
B) because of his father's friend
C) because of his resemblance to her father's friend
D) because of sympathy and his poor life condition

ANSWER KEY

1 A 11 D 21 D 31 C

2 C 12 D 22 C 32 C

3 D 13 D 23 C 33 D

4 D 14 D 24 C 34 D

5 C 15 D 25 C 35 C

6 A 16 D 26 D 36 D

7 D 17 D 27 D 37 C

8 D 18 D 28 C 38 D

9 C 19 C 29 D 39 D

10 D 20 D 30 D 40 D
Chapter 5 Indigo

Q1- Who is the author of Indigo?

A) Louis Fischer
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Mark Twain
D) Charles Dickens

Q2- Where was the author born?

A) in Philadelphia.
B) In Yugoslavia
C) In Scotland
D) None

Q3- When did the author serve in the British army?

A) 1918 - 1920
B) 1909 - 1910
C) 1912-1913
D) 1900-1902

Q4- Which University was the author a member of?

A) Harvard University
B) Princeton University
C) University of Columbia
D) Oxford University
Q5- Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?
A)Men and Politics
B) life of Lenin
C) The Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
D) None

Q6- What is the message conveyed in the lesson Indigo?

A) efficient lawyers
B) speak aloud
C) wise and courageous leadership can resolve any problem.
D) None

Q7- Why did M.K. Gandhi fight in Champaran?

A) to secure justice for the oppressed
B) to get popularity
C) to show power
D) to boast of his intelligence

Q8- What does Gandhi's fight in Champaran signify?

A) The power of effective leadership
B) The power of lawyers
C) The power of farmers
D) The power of money

Q9- Why was Motihari back with peasants?

A) Because of people's rights
B) because of the oppression of the British
C) Because their champion was in trouble
D) None
Q10- How did Gandhi address the actions of the people of Motihari
?
A) As liberation from the fear of the British
B) by calling them courageous
C) by chiding the lawyers
D) none

Q11- What was Gandhiji's demand from the British landlords?

A) 30% refund as repayment
B) 40% refund as repayment
C) 50% refund as repayment
D) 10% refund as repayment

Q12- How much did Gandhi ji ask the Indigo planters to pay to the
farmers?
A)20%
B) 40%
C) 30%
D) 50%

Q13- How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?

A) 30%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 40%

Q14- What was the condition of the Sharecroppers?

A)were forced to give 10% of land for Indigo plantation
B) were forced to give 20% of land for Indigo plantation
C) were forced to give 15% of land for Indigo plantation
D) were forced to give 5% of land for Indigo plantation
Q15- How did Gandhiji help peasants of Champaran?
A) by fighting and securing justice for them
B) by hiring lawyers for them
C) by educating them
D) by teaching them cleanliness

Q16- What problems were faced by the Champaran Indigo

sharecroppers?
A) poverty
B) were forced to grow Indigo
C) unable to raise voice
D) illiteracy

Q17- Why did Gandhiji decided to go to Muzaffarpur?

A) to have detailed information of the sharecroppers of Champaran
B) to have information about lawyers
C) to know different capacities of the people
D) to have a personal bond with the people

Q18- Who briefed Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur?

A) Government officers
B) politicians
C) farmers
D) lawyers

Q19- Who was Raj Kumar Shukla?

A) a lawyer
B) a government official
C) a politician
D) a poor peasant

Q20- Where was the annual congress party session held?

A) at Varanasi
B) at Mumbai
C) at Bangalore
D) at Lucknow

Q21- Why did Raj Kumar Shukla come to Lucknow at Annual

Congress party session?
A) to be rich
B) to be famous
C) to fight and get money
D) to complain against injustice of landlord system in Bihar

Q22- Why did Mr. Shukla meet Gandhiji?

A) to seek his guidance for his own upliftment
B) to get ideas to be famous
C) to learn the art of speaking
D) to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers

Q23- Why is Champaran famous?

A) for fighting
B) for Indigo
C) because Gandhi ji visited
D) for the first Satyagrah movement in 1917

Q24- Why was Satyagrah Movement launched in Champaran?

A) for Gandhiji's upliftment
B) for raising funds
C) for getting business
D) for the upliftment of the farmers

Q25- Where was Champaran?

A) In Lucknow
B) In Delhi
C) In Uttarpradesh
D) a district of Bihar in British India

Q26- What did the peasants pay the British landlords?

A) 10% of landholding and 15% of harvest
B) 20% of landholding and 15% of harvest
C) 10% of landholding and 25% of harvest
D) 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest

Q27- Why did the British want the peasant to pay compensation?
A) because they freed them
B) because they got orders from the British headquarters
C) because of15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest
D) 15% of landholding and entire Indigo harvest

Q28- Why did Gandhiji agree to the planter's offer of 25% refund to
the farmers?
A) because of money
B) because of fear of loss
C) because of fear of power
D) because more than money prestige of farmers was important
Q29- Who was Sir Edmund in Indigo?
A) a British lawyer
B) A british Businessman
C) a British Politician
D) An Administrator in Indian Civil Services

Q30- Where was Sir Edmund posted?

A) In East India
B) In Purvanchal
C) In Uttarpradesh
D) at Bihar & Orissa Province in Bengal Presidency of British India

Q31- What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself
guilty?
A) that he was a law breaker
B) that he wanted to command res
C) He was not a law braker and came to render humanitarian and
national service
D) None

Q32- Why did Gandhi protest at Motihari court house?

A) to be famous
B) to show his power
C) to humiliate the British
D) to protest the courts' order to postpone the trial

Q33- Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a turning

point?
A) its voice spread far and wide
B) it became famous
C) The British were scared
D) to protest the courts' order to postpone the trial

Q34- How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?

A) by speaking to the people
B) by walking with him
C) by moving here and there
D) by teaching Ashram Rules and cleanliness

Q35- What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller

localities towards advocates of home rule?
A) very welcoming
B) very courageous
C) pleasing
D) very fearful and indifferent

Q36- What was the purpose of the advocates of home rule?

A) to get money
B) to be popular
C) to instigate the people
D) to encourage people to participate in the freedom movement

Q37- What was the condition of the peasants in Champaran?

A) very happy
B) independent
C) very rich
D) terror stricken and opressed

Q38- Whom did Gandhiji send a telegram to ?

A) Sir Edmund
B) British Government
C) peasants
D) Prof. J.B Kriplani

Q39- Where did Gandhiji stay for two days?

A) At a peasant's house
B) at a lawyer's house
C) in a guest house
D) at Prof. Malkani's house

Q40- Why was the government baffled?

A) Because of lawyer's power
B) because of farmers
C) because of sharecroppers
D) because of the success of Satyagrah movement by peasants

ANSWER KEY

1 A 11 C 21 D 31 C

2 A 12 D 22 D 32 D

3 A 13 C 23 D 33 A

4 B 14 C 24 D 34 D

5 C 15 A 25 D 35 D

6 C 16 B 26 D 36 D

7 A 17 A 27 D 37 D
8 A 18 D 28 D 38 D

9 C 19 D 29 D 39 D

10 A 20 D 30 D 40 D

Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes

Q1- Who is the author of Poets and Pancakes?

A) Asokamitran (1931), a Tamil writer
B) Charu Nivedita
C) Jayakanthan
D) Balakumaran

Q2- What does his book “My Years with Boss” talk of ?
A) his job
B) explain the nature of his boss
C) explains his environment
D) impact of movies on every aspect of life in India.

Q3- When was Gemini studio set up?

A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1910
D) 1940

Q4- What was the brand name of the make up material that Gemini
studio bought?
A) Pancake
B) Mancake
C) Fancake
D) latin cake

Q5- Who was Greta Garbo?

A) A Swedish actress- an Oscar winner
B) a german actress
C) a French actress
D) a bengali actress

Q6- What was Asokamitran's job in the studio?

A) to arrange pancakes
B) to arrange make up kits
C) to serve water
D) cut out newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects and
store them in files.

Q7- What has Asokamitran brought up through this write up?

A) topics of film industry
B) topics of make up industry
C) topics of gossip
D) topics of heroines
Q8- What does he bring to the notice of readers through this write
up?
A) movies and different roles
B) heroines and their tantrums
C) heroines and make up
D) Independent India and its infancy

Q9- Who was the founder of Gemini studio?

A) Mr. S.S Vasan
B) English man
C) a Tamil boy
D) a director

Q10- What has been the make up room compared to?

A) make up company
B) a Parlour
C) a jewellery shop
D) hair-cutting salon

Q11- For whom was Gemini studio making films?

A) for English people
B) for illiterate
C) for elderly peole
D) for simple Tamilians who have no interest in English poetry

Q12- Why is the Englishman's visit referred as unexplained mystery?

A) because of his appearance
B) because of his dress
C) because of his hairstyle
D) because of his unfamiliarity and baffled looks
Q13- Who was the Englishman?
A) Salman Rushdie
B) D.H Lawrence
C) George Orwell
D) Stephen Spender- Editor of a British Periodical The Encounter

Q14- Why did he visit the studio?

A) to deliver a speech
B) to gossip with the workers
C) to check the workers
D) to know the film making

Q15- What was MRA?

A) British Army
B) The Moral Rearmament Army- a counter movement to
International Communism
C) a wing of Indian Army
D) A drama company

Q16- Why was MRA invited to Gemini studio?

A) To show their play
B) Because of political affiliations
C) because of political infuence
D) none

Q17- Why did everybody in the studio think of giving some work to
the author?
A) because of the idle appearance of his work
B) because he was an office boy
C) because he was a helper
D) none
Q18- Why did the office boy in the make up room come to the
author?
A) because he was unemployed
B) because of his interest in literary arts and film making
C) to earn money
D) to do make up

Q19- Why was the author praying for crowd shooting at all times?
A) to attract the crowd
B) to avoid people
C) to avoid epical narrations
D) none

Q20- Who was Subbu's enemy?

A) no one
B) the author
C) actors
D) The boy in the makeup room

Q21- The boy in the make up room was jealous of whom?

A) actors
B) author
C) the visitor
D) Subbu's success and his closeness to the boss

Q22- What qualities was Subbu admired for ?

A) acting, writing filmmaking skills and the management skills
B) acting and writing
C) flattery
D) gossips

Q23- Why was Subbu considered number 2 at Gemini studio?

A) because of his flattery
B) because of his abilities
C) because of creative skills
D) none

Q24- Which plays were presented by MRA in Madras?

A) Macbeth
B) Othello
C) A doll's house
D) Jetham Valley and The Forgotten Factors

Q25- Who imitated the scenes of Sunset and Sunrise of Jotham

Valley?
A) Police
B) Scouts of Madras
C) Social Workers
D) All Tamil Plays

Q26- How was the Gemini studio influenced by the plays staged by
MRA?
A) They imitated their styles
B) They imitated their dialogues
C) They imitated their story
D) They imitated their sets and costumes
Q27- What is the example of National Integration in Poets and
Pancakes?
A) Make up department of Gemini
B) rehersal room
C) office of Gemini studio
D) none

Q28- Why was author's work appeared nothing at Gemini?

A) Because of no direct relation to filmmaking
B) because of cutting- pasting
C) because he sits idle
D) because he does nothing

Q29- How does the author come to know that English author was
Stephen Spender?
A) From a painting
B) From the newspaper
C) from a television show
D) from a book- The God that failed

Q30- Why was the office boy disappointed with his job in Gemini
studios?
A) because of his behavior
B) because of his boss
C) because of his intimacy with boss
D) because of his inability to be a star

Q31- How was Kothamanglam Subbu treated in the Gemini studio?

A) with hatred
B) rudely
C) disrespectfully
D) with high respect

Q32- Why was Subbu termed as 'many sided genius'?

A) his flattery
B) gossip style
C) interaction with others
D) ability to create and manage things

Q33- In this lesson, what is the purpose of humor and satire used by
the author?
A) to highlight human abilities
B) to show capabilities
C) to show varied capacities
D) to show and highlight human infancies and flaws

Q34- How many people were there in MRA group?

A) 150
B) 180
C) 140
D) 200 people from 20 nationalities

Q35- When did MRA visit Madras?

A) 1942
B) 1922
C) 1932
D) 1952

Q36- What things attracted the audience in the plays staged by

MRA?
A) their jewellery
B) their make up
C) their dialogues
D) their sets and costumes

Q37- Why was Subbu a trouble shooter?

A) because of his gossip style
B) because of his flattery
C) ability to mix up with everyone
D) because of his problem resolving quality

Q38- What does the expression ' fiery misery' mean?

A) the glow of lights
B) the bright lights
C) the bright colorful dresses of heroines
D) discomfort to the actors in the makeup room

Q39- Who was heading the make-up department?

A) a Madrasi
B) A tamilian
C) A bengali
D) A Bengali and later was succeeded by a Maharashtrian

Q40- What does the expression 'made to look ugly' refer to ?

A) make up done to look presentable before camera
B) faces made by actors
C) faces nade by office boy
D) arrangements in the make up room

ANSWER KEY
1 A 11 D 21 D 31 D

2 D 12 D 22 A 32 D

3 D 13 D 23 C 33 D

4 A 14 A 24 D 34 D

5 A 15 B 25 D 35 D

6 D 16 B 26 D 36 D

7 A 17 A 27 A 37 D

8 D 18 B 28 A 38 D

9 A 19 C 29 D 39 D

10 D 20 D 30 D 40 A
Chapter 7 The Interview

Q1- Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Interview’?

A) Christopher Priest
B) Christopher Silvester (1959)
C) J.B. Priestley
D) Alfred John Churchley

Q2- What does V.S. Naipaul feel about interviews?

A) horror
B) happy
C) wounded
D) none

Q3- What does Naipaul present in his travel books?

A) his feelings
B) his feelings about interviews
C) impression of the country of his ancestors that is India
D) none

Q4- The excerpt -The Interview has been taken from which book?
A) Christopher's introduction to The Penguin Book of Interviews
B) Features for Vanity Fair
C) The name of the Rose
D) none

Q5- What did he present in this book?

A) varied opinions of politicians
B) varied opinions of civilians
C) varied opinions of armymen
D) varied opinions of celebrities regarding an interview

Q6- According to an old saying what happens when perceptions are

made about a person?
A) Person feels happy
B) person becomes popular
C) Person feels irritated
D) The original identity of his soul is lost

Q7- How does Umberto Eco find so much time to write so much?
A) using early morning time
B) using his office time
C) using his family time
D) using using empty spaces (free times) like waiting for someone,
break time
Q8- What was distinctive (special) about Eco's academic writing
style?
A) His realistic narrative style with trial and errors
B) his interrogative style
C) his monotonous unrealistic style
D) fictitious imaginative style

Q9- What is the reason for huge success of the novel The Name of
The Rose?
A) mystic
B) metaphysics and medieval history period used
C) detective style and theology
D) All these

Q10- What are some of the positive traits of of interviews?

A) brings out the truth and gives vivid impression of contemporaries
B) helps finding hidden talents
C) useful medium of communication
D) All these

Q11- Why do most celebrity writers despisse being interviewed?

A) they don't like journalists
B) unwarranted intrusion in their life
C) their privacy is hurt
D) none

Q12- At what age was Eco's book published?

A) at the age of 20
B) at the age of 25
C) at the age of 22
D) at the age of 26
Q13- At what age did he start writing novels?
A) at the age of 55
B) at the age of 52
C) at the age of 57
D) at the age of 50

Q14- What days did he used to write novels?

A) Saturday night
B) Friday night
C) every evening
D) Sundays

Q15- Why do the celebrities feel embarassed most often?

A) because of question attacks during interviews
B) because of interviewer's gestures
C) because of interviewer's appearance
D) none

Q16- What is the primitive view about being photographed?

A) person's soul is stolen
B) part of personality is lost
C) person can be commanded
D) All these

Q17- What do you understand by the expression 'Thumbprints on

his windpipes"?
A) creating excessive pressure on throat
B) creating excessive pressure on vical chords
C) creating excessive pressure and tension for someone
D) none

Q18- What in today's world our main source of information?

A) social media
B) newspapers
C) short screens
D) Interviews and interactions

Q19- What satisfied Umberto's taste for narration?

A) stories
B) children's works
C) interviews
D) Novels

Q20- What does writing novels on Sundays signify?

A) writing novels- his passion
B) writing novels- his need
C) writing novels- his casual job
D) writing novels- his interest

Q21- Enumerate 'An Interview is a supremely serviceable medium of

communication?
A) a medium to gossip
B) a medium to be the talk of the town
C) a medium to prosper
D) a noble medium of interaction and introspection

Q22- What is an interview?

A) a medium of talking to the people
B) a medium to spread rumours
C) a medium to be the talk of the town
D) a medium of interaction and introspection

Q23- Explain 'Denis Brain's statement "Almost everything of moment

reaches us through one man
asking questions of others.'
A) The interviewer has the power
B) The interviewer has status
C) The interviewer can elicit the truth and has the power to influence
D) All these

Q24- What impression is formed of Umberto after reading the

lesson- The Interview?
A) A person of substance
B) a person of character
C) a person of words
D) A person of vision and firm convictions

Q25- What do his works for children speak about ?

A) his passion for children
B) children are nuisance
C) children love to be happy
D) non-violence and peace

Q26- While interview being interviewed by Mukand,Umberto speaks

about his philosophy and
novel,What does he point out at ?
A) he loves writing
B) he loves to be in spotlight
C) at the universe and its workings
D) at empty spaces in the universe- Interstices

Q27- How many novels has Umberto written?

A) 10
B) 8
C) 15
D) 5

Q28- How many scholarly works are to his credit?

A) more than 5
B) more than10
C) more than 20
D) more than 40

Q29- What facts are being showcased in the interview held between
Eco and Padamnabhan?
A) he takes pride in being an academician, a university Professor
first
B) Being a novelist is a secondary thing for him
C) uses his free time for writing novels
D) All these

Q30- What ideas do you form of Umberto's personality after his

interview with Mukand?
A) a very rigid person
B) a boastful and arrogant
C) an illusionary vision
D) an academician with philosophical and ethical interest
Q31- Why did Umberto start writing novels?
A) to avail an opportunity
B) to be in limelight
C) to share his views
D) to make best use of empty spaces means free time

Q32- According to Umberto what will happen to the world if we

eliminate empty spaces from the universe?
A) The world will becaome beautiful
B) The world will be completely ours
C) The world will shrink and will become as big as a fish.
D) The world will be round

Q33- Which period of history do Umberto's novels deal with?

A) Renaissance
B) dark age
C) modern era
D) Medieval period

Q34- Why does Eco call the success of his book a mystery?
A) because of its success
B) because of its popularity
C) because of many factors
D) because of many factors and many other books were written on
the same medieval period

Q35- What was Lewis Caroll's opinion of interviews and autographs?

A) wonder
B) terror
C) horror
D) none
Q36- Who has written Alice in Wonderland?
A) Christopher
B) Mukand
C) Rudyard Kripling
D) Lewis Caroll

Q37- Why were the journalists and publishers puzzled by the

success of The Name of the Rose?
A) because readers like trash and it was a serious novel
B) because it was becoming popular
C) because of its highrated success
D) none

Q38- In what way interviews have become a commom place of

journalism?
A) because of its power, influence and medium of communication
B) because of its pomp
C) because of its glory
D) because of its rapport

Q39- What do Rudyard Kipling and his wife express about

interviews?
A) immoral
B) not good
C) very bad
D) immoral and offensive crime against a person

Q40- What kind of a novel was The Name of The Rose?

A) hilarious
B) fiction
C) non-fiction
D) a serious one

ANSWER KEY

1 B 11 B 21 D 31 D

2 C 12 C 22 D 32 C

3 C 13 D 23 D 33 D

4 A 14 D 24 D 34 D

5 D 15 A 25 D 35 C

6 D 16 D 26 D 36 D

7 D 17 C 27 D 37 A

8 A 18 D 28 D 38 A

9 D 19 D 29 D 39 D

10 D 20 C 30 D 40 D
Chapter 8 Going Places
Q1- Who is A. R. Barton?
A) A modern writer
B) author of Going Places
C) lives in Zurich and writes in English
D) All these

Q2- What theme does Barton explore in this story?

A) theme of children's happiness
B) theme of adolescent fantasising and hero worship
C) theme of elderly people's happiness
D) theme of individual happiness

Q3- What is the sub theme of the story?

A) Relationships- family and friends
B) friends
C) family members
D) adolescents

Q4- What is the significance of the subject discussed in the lesson?

A) it tells how to deal with friends
B) it tells how to behave smartly
C) immediate relevance to the life of school leavers
D) it tells how to behave with elderly

Q5- What are the literary devices used in the lesson?

A) metaphorical expressions and slangs
B) similes
C) irony
D) none

Q6- what is the meaning of the word “chuffed”?

A) meaning delighted or very pleased
B) meaning not happy
C) meaning frustated
D) none

Q7- what is the meaning of the words :“nosey”, “gawky”?

A) “nosey”, meaning inquisitive and “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly.
B) noisy and beautiful
C) noisy and useful
D) noisy and gainful

Q8- The story Going Places revolve around whom?

A) a fat boy
B) an old couple
C) a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends
D) none

Q9- What kind of girl is Sophie ?

A) a happy go lucky kind
B) a realistic
C) Day dreamer
D) a naughty child

Q10- What is Sophie in reality?

A) a dreamer
B) a fighter
C) a worker at Biscuit factory
D) none

Q11- What does Sophie dream about?

A) Becoming an actor
B) becoming a manager
C) a sophisticated person
D) becoming rich and sophisticated

Q12- What is the turning point in the story?

A) when she fights with her brother.
B) when her father gets angry.
C) when her brorher reveals her story.
D) when she thinks of meeting Danny Casey- a famous football player

Q13- What story she make up in front of her brother?

A) She will become an actress
B) she will become a manager
C) she will be a famous beautician
D) Casey will come to meet her.

Q14 Who are Sophie and Jansie?

A) teenagers who are friends and classmates
B) neighbourers
C) colleagues
D) actors

Q15- Explain - Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
A) ii was difficult to speak to him
B) it was difficult to locate him in a shop
C) it was difficult to locate him in factory
D) it was difficult to get information out of him

Q16- Where is Sophie lost?

A) in her imagination
B) in her dreams
C) in her words
D) in her imagination and dream of owning a boutique shop to become a famous fashion
designer

Q17 What does Jansie tell Sophie?

A) talk unrealistic
B) be wise
C) be practical
D) be sensible and not to dream big
Q18- Why does Jansie discourage Sophie to dream big?
A) because it requires a lot of money
B) because it is not practical
C) because it is unrealistic
D) all these

Q19- What was Sophie's reply to Jansie?

A) That she will go door to door to collect money
B) She will open a boutique
C) she will open an office
D) she will become an actress or a manager to realize her dream.

Q20- Why does she want to be an actress?

A) to earn money
B) to be famous
C) to be a fashiondesigner
D) to earn a lot of money and open a boutique to be famous fashion designer.

Q21- Why is Jansie not able to support Sophie's view?

A) because he is a happy go lucky man
B) because his imagination is poor
C) because he is unable to believe
D) because he is a realistic and believes in practicality

Q22- Why does Sophie feel choked in the house?

A) because of stove's steam and dirtydishes
B) because of foul smell
C) because of smoke
D) because of no air

Q23- Who is Sophie's elder brother?

A) Geoffe - a trainee mechanic
B) Jansie
C) Dany Casey
D) none
Q24- Explain- On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United
A) repairing stove
B) repairing a car
C) repairing a cooler
D) went to the United dutifully with a lot of devotion

Q25- What secret did Sophie share with her brother?

A) She met Mary Quaint a famous fashion designer
B) She met Prime Minister
C) She met Christopher
D) She met Danny Casy a famous footballer

Q26- When does Sophie and her family go to watch the football match?
A) Sunday morning
B) Sunday evening
C) Sunday afternoon
D) Saturday

Q27- Which game are Sophie and her family fans of ?

A) cricket
B) Badminton
C) volleyball
D) football

Q28- Why did their favourite team win the match?

A) Because they played well
B) they were united
C) they planned well
D) because of the goal made by Casey

Q29- Who is Sophie's younger brother?

A) Geoffe - a trainee mechanic
B) Casey
C) Frank
D) Derek

Q30- What does Jansie ask Sophie?

A) about Danny Casey
B) about Mary Quaint
C) about her dream
D) the reality behind her meeting with Danny Casey

Q31- Why does Sophie get angry with her brother?

A) Because he revealed her secret to Jansie's brother
B) he doesn't speak to her
C) because of his silence
D) none
Correct Answer: A

Q32- Where does Sophie visit to meet Casey in her imagination?

A) a football ground
B) in the match
C) in a hotel
D) a secret place near canal

Q33- Sophie's dreams and disappointments are all in her mind?

A) they all represent her imagination and nothing in reality
B) they represent her nature
C) they explain her personality
D) they tell us her future

Q34- What are the advantages and disadvantages of fantasising?

A) helps in dreaming big
B) helps in achieving big
C) develops creative imagination and disadvantage is that it makes people self obsessed.
D) none of these
Q35- What kind of person is Sophie's father ?
A) a kind hearted
B) a loving and caring
C) a hard core realistic
D) carefree

Q36- Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than anyone else?
A) he keeps silent
B) because he keeps her secret
C) because she can confide in him
D) all these

Q37- What does Geoff's silence symbolise in Sophie's view?

A) distant places
B) his vague personality
C) his jovial nature
D) wandering of his mind to distant places

Q38- Which country did Danny play for?

A) Netherland
B) Newzealand
C) Switzerland
D) Ireland

Q39- Why does Sophie feel jealous of her brother?

A) because he keeps silent
B) because he is a mechanic
C) because he reveals his secret
D) because of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind

Q40- Why is Sophie attracted to Danny and does she meet him in reality?
A) Because he is a heroic footballer and she meets him in imagination only
B) because he earns well
C) because he plays football
D) because he is smart
ANSWER KEY
1 D 11 D 21 D 31 A

2 B 12 D 22 A 32 D

3 A 13 D 23 A 33 A

4 C 14 A 24 D 34 C

5 A 15 D 25 D 35 C

6 A 16 D 26 D 36 D

7 A 17 D 27 D 37 D

8 C 18 D 28 D 38 D

9 C 19 D 29 D 39 D

10 C 20 D 30 D 40 A